Shiva Thapa wins gold at Kazakhstan President’s Cup

Assampugilist Shiva Thapa on Saturday won the gold in 63kg category at the VIIRepublic of Kazakhstan President's Cup 2019. Thapa was given a walkover to thegold after his opponent Kazakhstan's Zakir Safiullin could not enter the ringdue to injury.

.@shivathapa wins the gold🥇medal in men's 63 kg at the President's Cup #Boxing in Kazakhstan.🥊

Many congratulations on your win Shiva.👏🏻🎉@KirenRijiju @BFI_official #KheloIndia🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/F0b2e7Pt3s

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 20, 2019

Onthe other hand, Indian sensation Parveen settled for silver, after beingdefeated by Kazakhstan's Rimma Volosenko in the final. Earlier, in the semi-finals,the Indian young talent had defeated Women's World Championships bronzemedallist Karina Ibragimova 3-2.

Meanwhile,in 69kg, Duryodhan Singh Negi lost 1-4 to Kazakhstan's Shayken Talgat in thesemi-finals to settle for bronze, while Saweety Bora endured the same fate in75kg against Russia's Elena Gapeshina to get the bronze.